By blue raindrop

Prologue

*Setoru's (the prince) p.o.v.*

I remember it vividly-- the last clearest memory before I was visually impaired by that damn girl. Oh, the mere thought of her makes me cringe with deep apathy! It was the evening of that horrid day-- my 14th birthday. Stars had begun appearing shyly as twilight kissed the skies, creating a most brilliant scene. I was-- well, my parents had madly imprisoned me in my chambers that morbid afternoon. They had departed for another gathering being held in a distant kingdom. Perhaps the reader must know be informed that they warned me in advance that I shouldn't anticipate any celebrations for my birthday this time. I successfully hid my disappointment from their news, finding it almost childish if I were to complain. But I was heavily saddened nevertheless. My parents were unwontedly cruel that day! They said they would, at the very least, return with several rare pastries but afternoon has passed. It seemed they were going to abandon their promise. Such a thing, they couldn't even fulfill for me on my birthday.

Thus in utter boredom, I found myself gazing at a wonderful twilight sky, thinking of the princess that had taken my heart. Princess Nakata of the Hiroaki family.

Behind me someone was fumbling with the door, trying to open it with a very fussy hand. I absorbed the possibility that it could be a burglar for no servant of mine would dare do something to terrify me. It could not be my parents either. They are both calm in their approaches.

Before I knew it, the door was swung open violently. A girl, with dark garbs concealing her entire frame as well as countenance, stomped up to me. She thrust her hands up to my neck and clamped it mercilessly. I felt a bit of bloody wetness trickle down my chest as I struggled to use my fists. However, it seemed I was frozen stiff and was like an inanimate plaything. Her grip was so tight that I thought those seconds to be my last as I choked for air.

As she lifted me with unbelievable strength, I was able to find her eyes. They seemed to flicker with hatred, yet they were the most sad and doleful pair of brown eyes. When she saw me staring at her, she rammed me to the window aggressively. I then felt the most excruciating pain as the bony parts of her palm covered my eyes tightly. It felt as if my eyes were being pricked a million times by the sharpest of needles.

"Name your price! Just please release me!! Why do you wish torture upon me?" I asked in agony.

She then complied to my demand, as I roughly slid from the ornate walls of my bedroom. "I got what I came for," she said, her voice muffled by the cloth that covered her lips.

I searched for her voice, turning my head in every which direction. I tried to open my eyes but my bright room had become pitch black. My heart stopped beating at that second as I came upon the realization that… she had come to take my sight. I growled ferociously like an animal as I angrily threw myself on the spot where I supposed she stood, only to fall hard on the floor. And on that spot I cried, as I heard the girl's footsteps become fainter in the hallway. I cried, tears streaming from my blind eyes. Cried for being so vulnerable to a girl. Cried for my parents, whom the girl might be after next. Cried for I would no longer be able to gaze at that lovely Princess Hiroaki. Cried for I became a blind boy on my 14th birthday.

The years that followed cleaved my family apart. With the sudden disappearance of my only royal sibling and the brutal murder of my father, I don't think I have the morale to continue the Kunihiko bloodline. Not with such a melancholy and agonizing past, I cannot.

The only person that remains with me is my mother, Queen Kunihiko, who is very ill with some unknown malady. Her health has plummeted lately to worse conditions, further drowning me in the seas of depression.

Essentially, I faced mundane obstacles solely, blindly. My family cannot help me. I don't think I can help myself much longer either. Will I be alone the rest of my life?

Well that’s the prologue. I apologize in advance for the brevity, the shortness, of the chapters. To write, I need snacks and I snack on reviews! So pls. Review!!!